The Left-Over WomenBy Ethel Maud Colquhoun(English contemporary. Author “The Vocation of Women,” “Two on Their Travels,” etc. From “The Vocation of Women.”)
By Ethel Maud Colquhoun
(English contemporary. Author “The Vocation of Women,” “Two on Their Travels,” etc. From “The Vocation of Women.”)
It is practically certain that every discussion on the vocation of woman, whether among feminists or their opponents, will ultimately lead to the following problem: woman was obviously intended by nature to become a mother; modern social requirements make it obligatory that she should be legally married before doing so; there are not enough husbands to go round. What do you propose to do with the women who are left over?